Who owns the copyright when a free-lance artist is commissioned to create the work?
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This turns on whether the free-lance artist has entered into a written agreement assigning his copyright to the commissioning party. If the free-lancer has assigned his copyright to the commissioning party, then the commissioning party owns it. However, if the free-lancer has not assigned his copyright to the commissioning party in writing, then the free-lancer owns the copyright.
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